Irregular tracts of land are, of course, also described by metes and bounds within the rectangular survey system.

West Chicago, Illinois: 1) the system of metes and bounds in which each parcel of land is individually described and bounded, and 2) the system of rectangular surveys under which the land is divided basically into equal-sized townships, sections, and fractions thereof.

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